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Editorial Behind the Times Mivhuvl Burgess By rrw rim e y o u r e a d t h i s , a c r i t i c a l t u r n i n g in O reg o n h i s t o r y w i l l h a v e b e e n ta k e n . B a l l o t M e a su re 9 , t h e w i t c h hunt m a n d a te , w i l l e i t h e r h a v e p a s s e d o r b e e n d e liv e re d th e tro u n c in g i t so r ic h ly d e se rv e s. No m a t t e r how t h e v o t e s a d d u p , we need to r e a liz e t h i s : O re g o n lia s a l r e a d y a c iju ire d an i n te r n a t io n a l r e p u ta tio n f o r b ig o tr y i t w ill ta k e y e a rs o f r ig h t a c tio n t o s c r u b aw ay. No w h in in g , ju s t. f a c t . I t w o u ld b e e a s y , d e l i c i o u s l y s o , t o l a y th e b u r d e n o f o u r h u m i l i a t i o n a n d sham e on t h e d o o r s t e p o f Lon Ptabon and t h e O re g o n ( R a b id ) C i t i z e n s A l l i a n c e . Ikit t o d o s o x j u l d d e n y a t l e a s t tw o n a s t y tru th s . n»e f i r s t t r u t h i s t h a t , i f h i s t o r y i s a n y ju d g e , th e f l o g g i n g i s lo n g o v e r d u e . O r e g o n 's r e d f a c e i s c o l o r o o r d i n a t e d w ith i t s re d n e c k . A m I n d ia n J a c k S c h w a r tz , my a t t o r n e y , lo v e. t o p o i n t o u t: " S c r a t c h a n O re g o n l i b e r a l an d you f i n d a w h i t e h o o d ." In d ia n J a c k , an u n in d ic te d c o - c o n s p ir a t o r in th e O iic a g o Seven t r i a l s , i s a n i c e J e w is h boy fro m B rrx jk ly n wfto g rew up o n s t o r i e s o f h i s g rarx k n a h i d i n g in t h e r o o t c e l l a r fro m c o a s a c k s . H is f i r s t p r o f e s s i o n a l c l i e n t s w e re t h e S io u x w a r r i o r s a t M ounded K nee, nr»d h e wound up s p e n d in g f i v e v e a r s o f h i s l i f e d e f e n d i n g n a t i v e f i s h i n g r i g h t s on t h e C o lu m b ia . F*v t h e tim e h e 'd f i n i s h e d w i t h S alm on- scam , I n d ia n la c k c o n s i d e r e d O reg o n t h e m o st r a c i s t s t a t e i n t h e u n i o n . " In d ia n s g o in g to f e d e r a l p r is o n f o r c a tc h in g f is h t h a t b e lo n g e d t o th em , a rr! you H i l l s h i t l i b e r a l s d i d n ' t s a y p e e p ." And h e 's r i g h t ., we d i d n ' t . " Y o u 'v e g o t p i c t u r e s o f y o u r h o l o c a u s t , " a y o u n g Yakim a p o i n t e d o u t . "W e 'v e g o t p i c t u r e s o f b u c k b o a rd w agons f i l l e d w ith dead I n d ia n s ." B l a c k s , we r e c a l l , w e re n o t s o much a s a l l o w e d in t h e t e r r i t o r y , e v e n a s s l a v e s . I h e r e w e re n o w elcom e w agons f o r t h e C h i n e s e wt<) w o rk e d th e m s e lv e s t o d e a t h b u i l d in g th e r a i l r o a d . O r f o r t h e O k ie s who w o rk e d t h e s h i p y a r d s i n WWII. T h e re was n o p o p i l a r u p r i s i n g w hen, a l o n g w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e land o f t h e f r e e , w t r u n d l e d o u r J a p a n e s e n e i g h b o r s o f f t o in te r n m e n t c a m p s a n d c o n f i s c a t e d t h e i r hom es an d b u s in e s s e s . So much f o r o u r l i b e r a l c r e d e n t i a l s . But M int was t h e n a n d t h i s i s now . U n fo r t u n a t e l y , i t ' s e a s y t o c o n f u s e t h e two in th e d a rk . N a s ty t r u t h n im h e r tw o i s t h i s : we l i v e in a tim e when i n t o l e r a n c e r m s q u e r- ndes as v irtu e . When t h e F tx ir th R e ic h i s r i s i n g , n o t j u s t in G erm any, b u t h e r e . When ari a r t i c l e , w r i t t e n by a J a p a n e s e g e n e r a l a d v o c a tin g m i l i t a r y ta k e o v e r a s a c u r e f o r c i v i l c o r r u p tio n i s p u b lis h e d i n o n e o f t h a t c c x m t r y 's m o st p o p i l a r rrv»<j— a z in e s . When Bo G r i t ? c o u ld e a s i l y becom e I d a h o 's n e x t g o v e r n o r . We l i v e i n a tim e , f o r t h e l o v e o f God, wtien S in n e a d O 'C o n n o r i s b o o ed fro m t h e s t a g e a t a Bob D y la n t r i b u t e f o r h a v in g t o m up a p lio to o f t h e w o r l d 's l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e o f p h a l l o c r a c y , u n w a n te d c h i l d r e n , and s u ic id a l sex . A ll f i r : ' ■; b e e n s a i d , i s l o c a l . H ie t r u t h i s e v e n c l o s e r t o hom e. A ll p o l i t i c s is p e rs o n a l. A t o r Id f r e e of h a tr e d and i n j u s t i c e i s b u i l t one a c t of l o v e a n d c o m p a s s io n a t a t i m e . 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Diablo Jellies Editor/Publisher Rev Billy Hulls Asst Editor/Graphic Dept The Won derful Young Sally Lackaff Improvisational Engineering Dr karkeys W ildlife/M usic Peter Spud Siegel J Now and then we as a Nation are given the opportunity to change When the constitution of this country was written, only white male land owners could vote Things have changed This is good The Constitu turn reflects those changes We are being asked to change our state constitution this year by the Oregon Citizens Alliance We are being asked to declare some of our citizens to be abnormal based on their sexual preference The basis D m * this request is Biblical teachings The words in the Bible have not changed in over two thousand years Some of them are based on ignorance and fear, some on love and compas sion The bixik of Leviticus, if you haven t read it. speaks mostly about bhx)d sacrifice and personal hygiene When it gets into sexual practices in chapter 20, verse 13 it forbids any but those between husband and wife It forbids further anyone with a bro ken foot <>r broken hand . or a hunch back or a dwarf etc to offer a sacri l ice to God This is the God of the Old Testament This is the God of the OCA and he hasn l changed in two thou sand years, now would be a goixl time to lake a look at those old laws and maybe change a few Just wanted to get that off my chest More Stuff We are glad to see some new sup port for the Edge from around town and the state And we are sorry to see some folks go Welcome El Mundo, Pacific Produce Muddy Waters, Blue Note Records East Ave , and Ursula G<x)d bye for a while to Hanes (til they find a new location), and Castle Carpet Cleaning, and Holland Flowers til spring David Hershey our dear friend and computer golfer has sold Coffee & Fax we II miss him but are in good hands (See ad in this issue) Now to the fun stuff if this is now when you are reading this (before the election) we would like to recommend you vole for the following, if you are reading this then (alter the election» these are our predictions I told you this was fun Ballot Measures One thru Six YES Measure Seven T o u g h Call1 Measures Eight and Nine NOIMHII County Commission Buck master it Strickland U S Congress Eurse US Senate Aucoin US President Tough Call/Clinton And so it goes We would like to welcome James Massa back to Cannon Beach as a permanent resident The Advertising Policy of the Edge is that we try to let our readers know what businesses or events out there are worth while and if the people running the businesses or throwing the events like what we do in the Edge, they give us money $20 a month, or more if you can afford it or need extra space Classified ads are still $5 and subject to abuse as al ways All ad copy and checks should be recieved by the Edge by the 15th of the Month before you want the ad to appear Subscriptions are now $ 10 (We are gelling bigger) a year